Alexius Corvinus wrote:
Well, I’ve heard Konami was taking losses on their Pachinko machines and were desperate to sell them to the US market, which is pointless considering Pachinko is not a thing outside Japan. Of course this is mostly rumors as far as I know. Still, Even in Japan, I don’t see younger people flocking to the machines either.
It is also a trend worldwide. Young people don't go to Casinos or to slot machines. It's usually elderly people.
If they're at a casino, it's usually with interest to stuff like Poker and other card games. Nothing you could stick a franchise on.
But gambling mechanics are making their way into games through loot box mechanics, so instead of gambling for money, you're gambling for that 1/100 anime/game character.
This is the mobile strategy that Konami and other Japanese devs, including Nintendo, are following.
Silent Hill as a franchise is not really conducive to this, not without majorly changing what it is and going off the name alone to turn it into a Gatcha battle game.
Our best bet of seeing something properly done with Silent Hill will likely be another movie, or Netflix TV series or anime. And maybe you'll get some small tie-in game for that on mobile.